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Tetrel‐Bonding Interaction: Rediscovered Supramolecular Force?
Author(s) -
Bauzá Antonio,
Mooibroek Tiddo J.,
Frontera Antonio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201306501
Subject(s) - hydrogen bond , supramolecular chemistry , lone pair , non covalent interactions , covalent bond , crystallography , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , atom (system on chip) , group (periodic table) , chemical physics , materials science , computational chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , crystal structure , catalysis , computer science , embedded system
The w(hole) picture : A tetrel bond is a directional noncovalent interaction between a covalently bonded atom of Group IV and a negative site, for example, the lone pair of a Lewis base or an anion. It involves a region of positive electrostatic potential (σ hole), and energetically, they are comparable to hydrogen bonds and other σ‐hole‐based interactions.